قام

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق و م (q-w-m). Compare Hebrew קָם (kam), Ge'ez ቆመ (ḳomä), Classical Syriac ܩܳܡ, Ugaritic 𐎖𐎎 (qm).

Pronunciation

Verb

قَامَ • (qāma) I (non-past يَقُومُ (yaqūmu), verbal noun قَوْم (qawm) or قَامَة (qāma) or قِيَام (qiyām) or مَقَام (maqām))

  1. to stand up (to rise from lying or sitting position); to get up
  2. to do, to undertake, to take upon oneself (بِ (bi))
    أَتَقُومُ بِتَمَارِينِ الرِّيَاضَةِ؟
    ʔataqūmu bitamārīni r-riyāḍati?
    Do you do (sport) exercises?
  3. to engage in (constructed with بِ (bi))
    فهُم عبدوا الأصنامَ وقاموا بِمُمارساتٍ مُنحَطَّة أُخْرىز.
    They worshipped idols and engaged in other degenerated practices.
  4. to rise from the dead
    يَوْمَ يَقُومُ النَّاسُ لِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
    yawma yaqūmu n-nāsu lirabbi l-ʕālamīna
    On the day people will rise up to the Lord of the worlds

Conjugation

    Conjugation of قَامَ (I, hollow, a ~ u, impersonal passive, verbal nouns قَوْم, قَامَة, قِيَام, مَقَام)
verbal noun
الْمَصْدَر 		قَوْم, قَامَة, قِيَام, مَقَام
qawm, qāma, qiyām, maqām
active participle
اِسْم الْفَاعِل 		قَائِم
qāʔim
passive participle
اِسْم الْمَفْعُول 		مَقُوم
maqūm
active voice
الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m قُمْتُ
qumtu 		قُمْتَ
qumta 		قَامَ
qāma 		قُمْتُمَا
qumtumā 		قَامَا
qāmā 		قُمْنَا
qumnā 		قُمْتُمْ
qumtum 		قَامُوا
qāmū
f قُمْتِ
qumti 		قَامَتْ
qāmat 		قَامَتَا
qāmatā 		قُمْتُنَّ
qumtunna 		قُمْنَ
qumna
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m أَقُومُ
ʔaqūmu 		تَقُومُ
taqūmu 		يَقُومُ
yaqūmu 		تَقُومَانِ
taqūmāni 		يَقُومَانِ
yaqūmāni 		نَقُومُ
naqūmu 		تَقُومُونَ
taqūmūna 		يَقُومُونَ
yaqūmūna
f تَقُومِينَ
taqūmīna 		تَقُومُ
taqūmu 		تَقُومَانِ
taqūmāni 		تَقُمْنَ
taqumna 		يَقُمْنَ
yaqumna
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m أَقُومَ
ʔaqūma 		تَقُومَ
taqūma 		يَقُومَ
yaqūma 		تَقُومَا
taqūmā 		يَقُومَا
yaqūmā 		نَقُومَ
naqūma 		تَقُومُوا
taqūmū 		يَقُومُوا
yaqūmū
f تَقُومِي
taqūmī 		تَقُومَ
taqūma 		تَقُومَا
taqūmā 		تَقُمْنَ
taqumna 		يَقُمْنَ
yaqumna
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m أَقُمْ
ʔaqum 		تَقُمْ
taqum 		يَقُمْ
yaqum 		تَقُومَا
taqūmā 		يَقُومَا
yaqūmā 		نَقُمْ
naqum 		تَقُومُوا
taqūmū 		يَقُومُوا
yaqūmū
f تَقُومِي
taqūmī 		تَقُمْ
taqum 		تَقُومَا
taqūmā 		تَقُمْنَ
taqumna 		يَقُمْنَ
yaqumna
imperative
الْأَمْر 		m قُمْ
qum 		قُومَا
qūmā 		قُومُوا
qūmū
f قُومِي
qūmī 		قُمْنَ
qumna
passive voice
الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
singular
الْمُفْرَد 		dual
الْمُثَنَّى 		plural
الْجَمْع
1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب 		1st person
الْمُتَكَلِّم 		2nd person
الْمُخَاطَب 		3rd person
الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative
الْمَاضِي 		m — — قِيمَ
qīma 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
non-past (imperfect) indicative
الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع 		m — — يُقَامُ
yuqāmu 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
subjunctive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب 		m — — يُقَامَ
yuqāma 		— — — — —
f — — — — —
jussive
الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم 		m — — يُقَمْ
yuqam 		— — — — —
f — — — — —

References

  1. ^ Cowan, W. (1960). Arabic evidence for Proto-Semitic*/awa/and*/ō. Language, 60-62.
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic قَامَ (qāma).

Pronunciation

Verb

قام • (gām) (non-past يقوم)

  1. to stand (up)
    Synonym: وقف (wigaf)
    قوموا!
    gūmaw
    Get up!
  2. to wake up
    Synonym: قعد (giʕad, gaʕad)
  3. used to form the present progressive.
    Synonyms: قاعد (gāʕid), قاع (gāʕ), قَعْ (gaʕ), قَعَ (gaʕa)
    رفيجتي كانت قام تتكلم بالوتس آب لمن انقطع الانترنت
    rfījti kānat gām titkallām bil-wats āb lamman ingiṭaʕ il-intarnat
    My friend was talking over WhatsApp when the internet got disconnected
  4. used to form the inchoative.
    قام يخورها!
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • Hussain Faisal (lyrics and music) (2017) “أترحم عليهم”, in قصتي‎ (in Gulf Arabic), Bahrain: “...كام الماي ينشد عن ابو الماي ― ...The water began yearning for the man of (responsible for pouring) the water”

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق و م
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَامَ (qāma).

Pronunciation

Verb

قام • (gām) I (non-past يقوم (yigūm))

  1. to wake
    Synonym: صحي (ṣiḥi)
    متى حتقوم؟
    mita ḥatgūm?
    when will you wake up?
  2. to stand up
    Synonyms: وقف (wigif, wagaf), وَقَّف (waggaf)
  3. indicates a past tense
    Synonym: راح (rāḥ)
    قام جابها و جا
    gām jābaha u jā
    so he went and brought it and came

Conjugation

    Conjugation of قام (gām)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قمت (gumt) قمت (gumt) قام (gām) قمنا (gumna) قمتوا (gumtu) قاموا (gāmu)
f قمتي (gumti) قامت (gāmat)
non-past m أقوم (ʔagūm) تقوم (tigūm) يقوم (yigūm) نقوم (nigūm) تقوموا (tigūmu) يقوموا (yigūmu)
f تقومي (tigūmi) تقوم (tigūm)
imperative m قوم (gūm) قوموا (gūmu)
f قومي (gūmi)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ق و م
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَامَ (qāma).

Pronunciation

Verb

قام • (qām) I (non-past يقوم (yqūm))

  1. to stand up
  2. used to form the inchoative

Conjugation

    Conjugation of قام
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قمت (qumt) قمتي (qumti) قام (qām) قمنا (qumna) قمتوا (qumtu) قاموا (qāmu)
f قامت (qāmet)
non-past m نقوم (nqūm) تقوم (tqūm) يقوم (yqūm) نقوموا (nqūmu) تقوموا (tqūmu) يقوموا (yqūmu)
f تقومي (tqūmi) تقوم (tqūm)
imperative m قوم (qūm) قوموا (qūmu)
f قومي (qūmi)

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق و م
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَامَ (qāma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔaːm/,
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡaːm/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

قام • (ʔām) I (present بقوم (biʔūm))

  1. to get up, to stand up
    اليوم قمت بكّير.
    il-yōm ʔumt bakkīr.
    I got up early today.
    قوم من التخت، بدّي انضّف.
    ʔūm min il-taḵt, biddi anaḍḍef.
    Get up from the bed, I want to clean.
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قام (ʔām)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قمت (ʔumt) قمت (ʔumt) قام (ʔām) قمنا (ʔumna) قمتو (ʔumtu) قامو (ʔāmu)
f قمتي (ʔumti) قامت (ʔāmat)
present m بقوم (baʔūm) بتقوم (bitʔūm) بقوم (biʔūm) منقوم (minʔūm) بتقومو (bitʔūmu) بيقومو (biʔūmu)
f بتقومي (bitʔūmi) بتقوم (bitʔūm)
subjunctive m اقوم (aʔūm) تقوم (tʔūm) يقوم (yʔūm) نقوم (nʔūm) تقومو (tʔūmu) يقومو (yʔūmu)
f تقومي (tʔūmi) تقوم (tʔūm)
imperative m قوم (ʔūm) قومو (ʔūmu)
f قومي (ʔūmi)
Root
ق ي م
1 term

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَقَامَ (ʔaqāma).

Pronunciation

Verb

قام • (ʔām) I (present بقيم (biʔīm))

  1. to remove, to take out
    Synonyms: شال (šāl), خلع (ḵalaʕ)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قام (ʔām)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قمت (ʔimt) قمت (ʔimt) قام (ʔām) قمنا (ʔimna) قمتو (ʔimtu) قامو (ʔāmu)
f قمتي (ʔimti) قامت (ʔāmat)
present m بقيم (baʔīm) بتقيم (bitʔīm) بقيم (biʔīm) منقيم (minʔīm) بتقيمو (bitʔīmu) بقيمو (biʔīmu)
f بتقيمي (bitʔīmi) بتقيم (bitʔīm)
subjunctive m اقيم (aʔīm) تقيم (tʔīm) يقيم (yʔīm) نقيم (nʔīm) تقيمو (tʔīmu) يقيمو (yʔīmu)
f تقيمي (tʔīmi) تقيم (tʔīm)
imperative m قيم (ʔīm) قيمو (ʔīmu)
f قيمي (ʔīmi)
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